#A09E30#A09E30

#A09E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E30
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -12.77, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 56.25, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0405 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.129 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2585, 32.1416, 7.5638)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E30 #3032A0

analogous

#A06630 #A09E30 #6AA030

triadic

#A09E30 #30A09E #9E30A0

tetradic

#A09E30 #30A066 #3032A0 #A0306A

square

#A09E30 #30A066 #3032A0 #A0306A

split-complementary

#A09E30 #306AA0 #6630A0

monochromatic

#424114 #717022 #A09E30 #C7C546 #D6D475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A09E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E30

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E30	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6f',
    500: '#a09e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e30;
$custom-light: #bfba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68061,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E30

secondary

#6E70BE

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E30

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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